The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-12
STUDY OF THE HOUSE
Remarkable Changes Take Place.
Famous Members Conspicuous for
4 Their Absence.
A Scheme to Irrigate Arizona by
Artesian Wells.
What Will Be Done by Senate and
House This Week.
Six Hundred Nominations To Be Sent in
by the President--Grief at the
Capital on Account ofMrs.
McMllin's Death.
Special Dispatch to the Appeal.

Special Dispatch to the Appeal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia study of the
\ House during these first days OF the new
session shows remarkable changes. Con-
necticut has changed its whole delegation
Among those who went out was old John
T. Wait, who was the oldest member OF
the Forty ninth Congress. Massachusetts
has lost the keen witttd Ranney, who
made so much capital out of the Pan
Electric investigation. With him went also
Gov. Rice and Henry b. Lowering. Della
ware has lost Lore, who ut one time bid
fair TO become Secretary Bayard's sue
cessor in the Senate. New York shows re-
markable changes Hewitt and Hscock
are gone, as are also Darwin r. James and
Gen. Viele. Blaine's lieutenant, the per
petual motion Bureigh, is gone. Pennsyl-
yania loses Gov. Curtin, who, next 10 Mr.
Randall, was her most famous member.
Ben Lel'evre is out OF the Ohio delegation,
and the ladies' in the gallery will lose one
of their most attentive observers. Old
Judge Geddes, Ugly-iaced Hill, Of the ter
titorial committee, and Silyer-doiar Warner
are among the famous men gone. The In.
diana delegation shows ~ many changes
as the rest. The tall and portly Cobb has
vanished, and with him have gone Ford,
Tom Ward, Lowry and zen. Kleiner. The
Illinois delegation has lost six Democrats,
among them Col. Morrison, who is sue
ceeded by the rcdoubtablc Jehu Baker.
The Michigan delegation has lost Maybury,
one Of its most active men. Gen Bragg,
one Of the uglicst debaten on the Demo
cratic side, is conspicuously absent. With
him went also Van Schaick, the Republic
an milwaukee, member, who was famous
for having all his upper and lower front
teeth madc, OF solid grd. The able and
untcriiiie, Hepburn is gone nom the Iowa
delegation, and with him went "llennepn
Canal Murphy The Nebraska dclcga-
ton shows up with one notable change.
Judge Weaver, who at one time came
within few votes Of being made senator,
is dead, hut hc had been beaten for re-
II election by John McShane, the millionaire
II pork packer, Of Omaha. The Minnesota
delegation is entirely changed, save in one
district. Knulc Nelson, who represents
the largest district In. the United States,
comes back. Among the Minnesota men
who went out is Strait, the veteran de-
fender Of railroad land grants, who, il is
said, amasscd his millions while in Con-
rrcss. Missouri and Kansas show but one
change each-Mr. Hale, Of the
former delegation, and Hanback, disap.
bearing from the Kansas crowd. The
south shows solid masses of new men.
Willis, who bunglcd the river and harbOf
bill 80 often, is fortunately left out. Ran.
dolph Tucker the sage OF the judiciary
committee, is gone, aud with him Mr..
John :. Barbour who is likely 20 be Rid.
dlcbergoTs successor in the Senate. Ten.
ncssce lost five congressman Pcitibonc,
Zach Taylor, John VI. Taylor, Balcniine
and Caldwell. W. H. Cox, the civil scry-
ice member OF the North Carolina dclcga.
II ton, is gone. 10 j. Reid, who disappeared
last winter in consequence OF his financial
adycrsiiics Bennett, the bald-hcadcd
North Carolina member who succeeded
Il Holman as IN 'Objector." Is gone. -
too, has Wharton Grccn. the Nincyardist
II O'llaa, the coiorcd Republican, was moi
4 reelected, and Bob Smalls. Of the Beaufort
district. has hard contest before him, Il
Il * at all possible for him 10 get his seat
The Georgia delegation loses Hammond
one Of It's ablcsl men, and Harris, who ha'
been made third assistant postmaster gen
cnl. Mississippi loses three notable meI
in Singleton, man who was Secretary
l Iamar's colleague iu Congress thirty year
ago, with Van Eaton, the notable anti
land forfeiture member, and Barksdale
| brother OF the famous Confederate genera
who fell at Gettysburg. Louisiana send
four new men. Reagan, Wcllbom ant
Throckmorlon, three strong men, disap
pear from the Texas delegation. III,
.white-haircd Findlay, the ablcst man il
the Maryland delegation, is out.
There Is a good deal Of uncertainty, q
course, about the course ON Legislation
with such n large accession Of new men
The general average Of age is far younger
than In any Congress Tor many years TN
old men were slaughtered ut tile last con
grcssional elections. There was never :,
many scandinavian members IN C0ngrcs
rs there are now Besides Nelson, the oil,
veteran from northern Minnesota, Their
appear John Lind, tall spare, white
haired young man from Minnesota, am
Nels llangcn huge, pale haired gian
from northern Wisconsin. llangcn ha
been railroad commissioner for seyora
years Ia his State. and Is man OF sirun
common Sense. Lind Is an able fellow
who has for number Of ycar been n
N ceiyer In one Of the Minnesota land offices
lie has but one arm, and many think tina
i DC lost Il in the war, when, rs a matter d
iact, II was bit of by a treshing machine
IL NECESSITY or ARTISAN WELLS.
~ Delegate Smith, Of Arizona, who ha
been returned TO Congress, after res
4 Hence Of only six years IN the Territory
| j going 10 Introduce bill, the effect {
I which, II Il is passed, will be Of in6nit
y consequence not only 20 his Territory
n which Is Of course particularly iniercste
In Il, but 10 the whole country. IL prC
4 poses 10 appropriate eEongh money 10 pa
| the expenses Of topographic survey {
Arizona, with the purpose Of liking upo
desirable places for the sinking ~ artesia
wells, and Tor the sinking ol one well .
I'm experiment. Tic survey viii ais
report upon the best means 0i storing I'll
surface water In the Territory la col
vcnaiion with your correspondent toda!
Mr.. smith said. '1hcrc isnO doubt villa
ever that large quantities Of water Cxi
beneath tho surface 81 the ground, moi
than sufficient to transform the prcsel
arid wastes Of the Territory into the mo
productive lands. The land there is u
most fertile In the world an
would surnaS the famed valley